Tuesday, 20 July 2010

Not very golden Golden Wedding Quilt**

My wonderful parents celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary this weekend - 50 years of the most fabulous marriage. They are completely devoted to each other and far more romantic than most couples ever manage to be!

Inspired by Michaela's Golden Wedding blanket I decided to make them a quilt. So back in April I went through all my books and 100s of Australian Homespun and Country Threads magazines until I'd narrowed down designs to about 15

I wanted something more traditional than my normal style but not old fashioned and I knew I wanted to use these fabrics by Timeless Treasures that I had bought very cheaply a couple of years ago from Hancocks - fortunately I was also able to find a couple more metres in this country so I would have enough.

This was the design that I chose - although I found it really hard to "see" how it would look in my fabrics!

And then I started sewing...................

And then I stopped because I was distracted by a million other things.................

So about 2 weeks ago there was a mad panic as I realised how much I still had to get done!

I decided straight away that there was no way that I could get it properly finished and quilted so I accepted that I would just be giving mum and dad a "flimsy" instead of a finished quilt.

Their party was on Sunday and I finished it on Saturday afternoon in time to take it round for a family meal in the evening.

And they love it.

And so do I!It's definitely the most complicated thing I've ever made and I am very aware of all the wonky bits and mis-aligned seams and points - but hopefully no one will be inspecting it that closely!

And now for the quilting............................. Anyone got any good tips on what type of quilting I should do???

P.S. Sorry for the erratic quality of the photographs - my normal camera has been "sanded" again by the beach (oops) and the other one is meant to be good but is actually rather rubbish and I can't be bothered to read the instruction manual!

I think that you have done brilliantly, all those flying geese would put many folks off. You have done a wonderful job with colour and piecing, you should be very proud of yourself. Congratulations to Mum and Dad too.

Congratulations to your parents, that is an accomplishment I hope to enjoy one day in about 23yrs. I love the quilt the fabric choice looks great. I'm not much of a quilter so i don't have any ideas on that, good luck.

That is absolutely beautiful. It looks such a complicated design - anything beyond a patchwork square has me stumped! Well done you and a great many Congratulations to your mum and dad. (I have got 6ish weeks to finish mine and am already in panic mode, how you kept your head with only 2 weeks to go remains a mystery!)

Best wishes to your parents for many more such happy occasions! Your quilt is gorgeous - I love it, too. I would go with a grid pattern for quilting. (It's the only machine quilting I can rely on to come out well. :>}) If you're hand quilting, echoing around all those stars would be stunning.

Happy anniversary to your mum and dad, Lucy! And oh, what a GORGEOUS quilt! And all blue and white, like a fine, classy, priceless ming vase. Beautiful, beautiful. And claps on the back for finishing it!

I made my parents one for their Ruby wedding anniversary years ago and its never been used. My Mum is saving it FOR BEST!!!!I said if she never uses it , when she's gone I'm giving it to the dog (Although we don't have one now) . (Don't have a dad anymore either)